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Why am I not able to access the full Lord’s Prayer written in Galilean? Am I just missing something, or do I have to pay to see it? And why exactly would you include a non-canonical gospel (that of Thomas) in your projects if its originality is questionable and it may for said reason contain heresies? (I’ve never read Thomas myself, I should admit.) And why is Hostess going out of business?! Oh wait, that isn’t your thing. Sorry.

We’ve chosen to include Thomas for three reasons: First, no one has tried to look at any possible Aramaic underpinnings of Thomas before. Second, there are a very large number of parallels it has with the Cannonical Gospels, many of which already seem to date back to Aramaic sources (be they written, oral, etc.) from what we can see in the Cannonical Gospels, themselves. Third, if we can find any sayings in Thomas outside of those parallels which exhibit similar evidence that they date back to Aramaic sources then we will have discovered those sayings may be earlier than were once thought (not necessarily orthodox, but earlier). Thomas, however, is low on the priority list. 🙂

As for Hostess… well I’m at a loss. I thought Twinkies were the closest things to immortal that were made by human hands. Apparently I was wrong. 🙂

About the Author

Steve Caruso (MLIS) has translated Aramaic languages professionally for over 15 years with a focus upon the Galilean dialect – the language spoken by Jesus of Nazareth. He is presently the Coordinator and Lead Faculty Member of the Interactive Digital Media Program at Raritan Valley Community College. Here on "The Aramaic New Testament," though, he keeps track of Aramaic in media and scholarship at large and continues his work on various Aramaic-related grants and projects.